Pet owners don't need to pay any tax, clarifies Punjab government
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Slamming media reports, Punjab government spokesperson said that no such provision has been passed.
Punjab government has clarified that no tax willbe imposed on owning domestic animals like cats, dogs, cows, pigsetc in the state. Slamming media reports, Punjab government spokesperson said that no such provision has been passed.
The spokesperson of the Navjot Singh Sidhu-led local government department said that the state government is framing 'Punjab Municipal Corporation and Municipal (Registration Control of Stray Animals and Compensation to the Victim of Animal Attack)' bye-laws, 2017 as per court orders.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had on a civil writ petition recently asked Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to chalk out a policy for putting to a stop the occurrences of people being bitten by stray dogs or other animals and awarding compensation to the family of deceased persons, he said.
"Under the proposal, no new tax is intended to be imposed. Instead the purported letters circulated in media has been released for framing a policy/proposal regarding giving compensation in case of death caused due to stray dog/animal biting," the spokespersonsaid.
